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Germany aims to ban paintball
News24 / reuters ^ | 07/05/2009

Posted on 05/07/2009 5:25:04 PM PDT by Mount Athos

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To: edcoil

oh you never played...it’s good clean fun


21 posted on 05/07/2009 6:10:20 PM PDT by y6162
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To: Right Wing Assault

I would NOT even play. He took three head shots!


22 posted on 05/07/2009 6:12:53 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: y6162

I avoid bees so no thanks. Enjoy your fun! It is good exercise but I’d rather hike, canoe, or do about anything but this. And I do think bee stings are painful so don’t be attempting to go into marketing anytime soon.


23 posted on 05/07/2009 6:14:23 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: edcoil

I agree with the poster that said if you can’t take the hits, then don’t paintball. Its considered a full contact sport.


24 posted on 05/07/2009 6:16:08 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: y6162

I have a battery powered machine gun paintball gun and love to play - just don’t think you expressed your self properly.


25 posted on 05/07/2009 6:16:42 PM PDT by edcoil (Taxes only help an evil government)
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To: Mount Athos

Europe is dead of leftist, silly, stupid PC.

Let them expire.


26 posted on 05/07/2009 6:19:00 PM PDT by alarm rider (Any country that tells you what light bulb to use is not a free country.)
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To: edcoil

dunno.. what could I have said better?


27 posted on 05/07/2009 6:22:27 PM PDT by y6162
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To: Paved Paradise

“Uh. Okay. I wonder if that girl is still your friend. I wouldn’t be”

Just to clear things up.. a head shot at 50 yards doesn’t hurt at all. It would be like a thump. Paint ball guns are measured to shoot 220 ft per second...at 50 yards..you’re basically lobbing them in.

You’re not supposed to shoot anyone up close.

On cold days, when the paint is dense..it could sting.

What another poster said was true. If ya can’t take the pain, don’t play. My daughter asked me if she could come so I said let’s go out back and I’ll shoot you. If you don’t cry, you can come.

She loves paintball too.


28 posted on 05/07/2009 6:30:21 PM PDT by y6162
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To: y6162

Not sure, I admitted my fault.


29 posted on 05/07/2009 6:31:47 PM PDT by edcoil (Taxes only help an evil government)
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To: y6162

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. All I can say is I hope you guys wear goggles and I hope nobody ever gets shot in the mouth - you might want to make sure you have very good dental insurance.


30 posted on 05/07/2009 6:32:20 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: Mount Athos; muir_redwoods; Right Wing Assault; SkyPilot
Sitzpinkler


31 posted on 05/07/2009 6:35:44 PM PDT by BBell
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To: BBell

Oh, no. I hear there is a move to have teachers teach little boys that the correct way for them to pee is sitting. Is that the “law” in Germany now?


32 posted on 05/07/2009 7:44:44 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ( Obama, you're off the island!)
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To: Right Wing Assault
LOL

Have you ever seen/used a German made pot? It's all about the "splash"

http://asecular.com/~scott/misc/toilet.htm for photos and illustrations.

33 posted on 05/07/2009 10:11:10 PM PDT by ASOC (Who is that fat lady, and why is she singing so loudly?????)
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To: Mount Athos
Small squad tactics, you damn Socialists.
34 posted on 05/07/2009 10:25:23 PM PDT by wastedyears (Iron Maiden's gonna get ya, no matter how far!)
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To: ASOC

I had no idea how German toilets worked! Thanks for the info.


35 posted on 05/08/2009 2:32:59 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault ( Obama, you're off the island!)
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To: Paved Paradise

“All I can say is I hope you guys wear goggles “

Supervised paint ball games are pretty safe. Masks are mandatory.


36 posted on 05/08/2009 6:04:12 AM PDT by y6162
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You need to hang out with some doctors more:

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/113/1/e15

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/01/19/Paintball-can-cause-serious-eye-injury/UPI-17171232408033/

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/135656.php

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE2DD1739F936A35753C1A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

My mom used to work for the Society for the Blind and I spent many a summer at the blind camp. Don’t be a dummy. You can’t turn back the clock. If you like this sport, that’s fine, but if you let your kids play, you need to protect them. I assume you do though.

Spent a lot of time with ER docs!

God keep you and yours safe.


37 posted on 05/08/2009 12:42:50 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: y6162

Just sent you links and now I see that you said “masks are mandatory.” I misread and thought you said they are not. Thank God. That’s good to know.


38 posted on 05/08/2009 12:43:53 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: Mount Athos
ban paintball games in response to a school shooting in which 16 people were killed

Makes

no

sense

at

all.

39 posted on 05/08/2009 12:43:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

What will they ban next?The finger?


40 posted on 05/08/2009 12:51:53 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
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